diff --git a/src/data/transform.ts b/src/data/transform.ts
index 2d257525b4..ce0f63eb71 100644
--- a/src/data/transform.ts
+++ b/src/data/transform.ts
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ export const convertToExcalidrawElements = (
         excalidrawElement = {
           width: metrics.width,
           height: metrics.height,
+          fontFamily,
+          fontSize,
           ...elementWithid,
         };
 
diff --git a/src/data/types.ts b/src/data/types.ts
index a4c463f381..3e6599fa27 100644
--- a/src/data/types.ts
+++ b/src/data/types.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ export interface ImportedDataState {
   source?: string;
   elements?:
     | readonly (
+        | ExcalidrawElement
         | ({
-            type: Exclude<ExcalidrawElement["type"], "text">;
-            id?: ExcalidrawElement["id"];
+            type: Exclude<ExcalidrawGenericElement["type"], "selection">;
+            id?: ExcalidrawGenericElement["id"];
             label?: {
               text: string;
               fontSize?: number;
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ export interface ImportedDataState {
         | ({
             type: "text";
             text: string;
+            x: number;
+            y: number;
             id?: ExcalidrawTextElement["id"];
           } & Partial<ExcalidrawTextElement>)
         | ({
diff --git a/src/packages/excalidraw/example/App.tsx b/src/packages/excalidraw/example/App.tsx
index 20c99d8e1b..decd47fef7 100644
--- a/src/packages/excalidraw/example/App.tsx
+++ b/src/packages/excalidraw/example/App.tsx
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ export default function App({ appTitle, useCustom, customArgs }: AppProps) {
             start: { type: "rectangle", id: "rect-1" },
             end: { type: "ellipse" },
           },
+          {
+            type: "text",
+            x: 300,
+            y: 100,
+            text: "HELLO WORLD!",
+          },
         ],
         null,
       ),